BRANCH v. ST. BERNARDS HEALTHCARE

No. CV-20-53.

643 S.W.3d 22 (2021)

2022 Ark. App. 123

Emery BRANCH, Individually and as the Duly Appointed Personal Representative of Her Unborn Child, A.B., Appellant v. ST. BERNARDS HEALTHCARE; St. Bernards Hospital, Inc., a/k/a St. Bernards Regional Medical Center a/k/a St. Barnards Medical Center; St. Bernards OB-GYN Associates; Martin Kosciuk, M.D.; Serena Vance, M.D.; Brittany Smith, M.D.; Samantha Fry, RN; Christy Simpkins, RN; Callie Wagner, RN (Talley); James Gillean, RN; Madison Thomason, RN; Proassurance Indemnity Company, Inc.; John Doe 1; John Doe 2; and John Doe 3, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, DIVISION I.

Opinion Delivered March 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Cochran Firm Memphis, by: Howard B. Manis ; and Brian G. Brooks , Attorney at Law, PLLC, by: Brian G. Brooks , for appellant.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP, Little Rock, by: Michelle T. Ator and Kimberly D. Young ; and Waddell, Cole & Jones, PLLC, by: Paul D. Waddell and Samuel Waddell , Jonesboro, for appellees.


The appellant, Emery Branch, delivered a stillborn son, A.B., at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro on December 24, 2016. Shortly before the expiration of the two-year statute of limitations, Ms. Branch filed a complaint alleging medical negligence against several entities in the St. Bernards Healthcare system as well...

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